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Advent Of Code
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An unofficial home for the advent of code community on programming.dev!
Advent of Code is an annual Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like.
AoC 2024
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| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
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- If what youre posting relates to a day, put in brackets the year and then day number in front of the post title (e.g. [2024 Day 10])
- When an event is running, keep solutions in the solution megathread to avoid the community getting spammed with posts
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Not my first, second, or third choice. But I’m in between moves and have very limited access to my desktop (even remotely/SSH) so I need the simplest tool for the job.
I feel kind of silly working on my 100 line implementation, where someone will just Python up a 3 line solution and call it a day. It's definitely a good tool for the job.
I don’t think you need to feel silly. Programming languages are tools. Some are better suited for jobs than others.
AoC is good for two skills:
With python #2 is no longer difficult. In the past I’ve used Rust or C and I spent way more effort on #2 than #1.
I think the key is what is your goal in doing this? I like the puzzles but have limited time so I use python to solve them quickly and be on my way. If I had more time i would have liked to learn / try go this year.